| 单词 | unprofitable |
| 释义 | unprofitable adjective uk/ʌnˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ʌnˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bəl/not making aprofit: 不盈利的，亏本的Ruralrailwaylinesriskbeingaxedbecause they are unprofitable.乡村铁路线有被取消的风险，因为无法盈利。 Synonym loss-making Opposite profitable Profits & losses
unprofitable| American Dictionaryunprofitable adjective us/ʌnˈprɑf·ɪ·t̬ə·bəl/notresultinginprofit: unprofitableinvestments/businesses unprofitable| Business Englishunprofitable adjective FINANCE,COMMERCEuk/ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbl̩/us/-ˈprɑːfɪə-/not making aprofit: an unprofitable business/company/storeWhen theAsianfinancialcrisishit, itshut32 unprofitablebusinesses. unprofitablemarkets/operations/products unprofitable customers/passengersItpromises$80m ofsavingsand thatmeanssheddingunprofitablecustomers. unprofitablyadverb Theinsurancecompanyhad beentradingunprofitably. Examplesofunprofitableunprofitable Its function is to induce individuals to disengage, without conscious intention, fromunprofitablesituations. From theCambridge English Corpus Since abilityto-pay is low in poor nations, tying the innovator's compensation to benchmark year sales results in low powered incentives for work on 'unprofitable' diseases. From theCambridge English Corpus The equal division of property, especially land, results in what are often small,unprofitableshares that are then quickly sold, leaving little lasting benefit. From theCambridge English Corpus My preliminary remarks on "so-called incorporation" explain why the problem of the boundaries of law is anunprofitablefocus for a jurisprudential discussion. From theCambridge English Corpus Becoming a skilled laborer was often seen as an alternative tounprofitableand socially disagreeable agricultural work or menial labor. From theCambridge English Corpus However, so heavy was the take of walrus during the next 3-4 years that stocks were quickly depleted and the area becameunprofitable. From theCambridge English Corpus To sustain profitability, corporations employ strategies of "demarketing," namely, concerted efforts to drive awayunprofitablepatients and deemphasizeunprofitableservices. From theCambridge English Corpus Some fields of copper and nickel were found, but most wereunprofitablebecause of the small water volume of local rivers. From theCambridge English Corpus At such a price, it would beunprofitablefor publishers to produce three-volume novels, if such products were intended for sale to individual readers. From theCambridge English Corpus A 50 % fall in onion price makes the control and fully fertilized treatmentsunprofitableand reduces net incomes by over 70 % in the other treatments. From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, channelling money into urban activities in which the indigenous community has limited experience and few connections, may be risky andunprofitable. From theCambridge English Corpus The former land use isunprofitable, whereas the yields of the latter vary considerably. From theCambridge English Corpus Extra investments in, for instance, housing were stimulated,unprofitableindustries were supported and employment in the (semi-) government sector extended. From theCambridge English Corpus For this equilibrium to exist the public must make every deviation from this equilibrium inflation targetunprofitableby expecting high inflation. From theCambridge English Corpus Hence, her emphasis on "intense determination to succeed" suggests that she decided to write what would sell, rather than produceunprofitable, progressive novels. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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